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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "F"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Norman John Fortier
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WWII FIGHTER ACE!
Bud Fortier joined Army Reserves shortly after Pearl Harbor, commissioned Second Lieutenant following flight school at Spence Field, AL on January 14, 1943. He was assigned to 355th FG and sailed to England in July 1943. Fortier shot down his first 109 in aerial combat during the March 6, 1944 Berlin mission and destroyed his last 109 near Oschatz on July 20 to become the Group’s ninth air ace. Fortier destroyed his last German ship on the ground on January 15, 1945 to raise his total to 11.33 air and ground.
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George W. Fosdick
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Trained in P-47 Thunderbolt at Richmond,
Virginia and Millville, New Jersey, thence to
the European Theater and assignment to the
50th Fighter Group, 10th Fighter Squadron
spring of 1944. The 50th was flying bomber
escort and interdiction missions from England. After D-Day, the 50th provided close
air support across Northern France, then up
through Southern France and on into Germany. He flew 94 missions through VE Day
destroying supply routes, ammunition
depots, bridges, railroads, tunnels, close support attacks on tanks, artillery and attacks on
enemy airfields and aircraft
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Donald H. Foster
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Taught fiying to Army, Navy
and Air Force trainees in Civilian contract
schools in the midwest. He graduated from
Officers Training School Nashville, Tennessee and was assigned to the 6th Ferry
Group Romulus, Michigan.
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Richard J. Fox
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Six days after
D-day, the 368th began the first of many
moves across Europe, starting at Strip A-3 in
Normandy and ending at Nurnberg, Germany shortly after V.E day. Missions consisted
of bombing and strafing attacks on airfields,
rail and highway bridges, trains, vehicles,
flak positions and V-weapon sites, and in close
support for American troops and Tank columns. During the Battle of the Bulge, in a
dog fight, Fox was hit in the wing and
super-charger by a FW-190......
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Lowell C. Freeman
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Until the war's end, Freeman "wore out"
Three P-47's (one was destroyed on the squadron's base at Metz, France, where the Luftwaffe gathered its remaining strength on
New Year's day, 1945 and strafed and
bombed the field).
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E.C. "Charlie" Fremaux
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Most memorable combat experience happened in the summer of 1944 while on a
bombing and strafing mission over France,
when my wingman was hit with a direct burst
of 88-MM fire and I got the fragments from
it which caused considerable damage to my
"Jug," the "SWAMP ANGEL." I got back to
my base OK, but when I approached for a
landing I was advised that only one wheel of
my landing gear was down.
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Robert Mac Donald Fry
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ROBERT MAC DONALD FRY,
born 3 July, 1921 in Erie, PA. Entered U.S.
Naval Academy from the Naval Reserve.
Became impatient to get into the war, so
resigned his midshipman's commission and
entered U.S. Army Aviation Cadet program;
graduating with class of 43-F.
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Donald E. Frye
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All told he spent eleven years overseas
during his 22 years in the Service which
included 6 tours in England, France, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Greece, Azores,
Spain and Morocco.
He was awarded the DFC, Air Medal W/4 0LC, AF Commendation, AF Good Conduct, Army Good Conduct W/4 Knots, Pre
Pearl Harbor, Am Theater, EAME W/4
Battle stars, WW II Victory, Occupation, and
AM Defense Service Medal.
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Robert H. Furlong
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Most of my friends went on to Fighters
but I became an instructor and rode the
back seat of an AT-6.
Someone in the Flying Training Command had the bright idea to see if instructors
could transfer successfully directly to combat outfits without any fighter transition. To
the amazement and shock of the 53rd
Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, 9th
Air Force, appeared three 2nd Lt. instructors each having total fighter time of 10 hours or less in P-40's.
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Wallace W. Furman
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On August 12th, two days before Japan
surrendered, the four plane flight of which
he was a part ran into 32 Jap Oscars over
Kyushu. Wally's P-51 was riddled and most
of the tail section was shot off. He was able to
take the plane 350 miles back to base.
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